13. Many a student ___ bought the book, but a few of them __ read it through.
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12. To play basketball and to go swinmming __ useful for character-training.
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11. The young ___ eaten up almost everything; one and half bananas __ left on the table.
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10. The Arabian Nights ___ well-known all over the world, in which many a story ___ interesting and instructive.
9. There ___ a table, four chairs, three bikes in the courtyard, in the middle of which ___ two tall trees with great shade. A. are, is B. is, are C. has, have D. have, has
8. What the remote areas need ___ education to children and what the children need ___ good textbooks at the moment. A. is, are B. are, is C. was, were D. were, was
7. A large number of students in our school ___ from the countryside; the number __ growing these year.
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6. The great writer and professor ___, who ___ very strict with his students. A. is an old man, is
B. are both old men, are C. is an old mand and a young man, is D. are two Chinese, are
5. I have finished a large part of novel written by Dickens, the rest of which ___ very difficult.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
4. --- Are the new machines working? --- Yes. Three million tons of coal ___ exploited every year in the city.
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